Improvement in fences



A. W. PRATT. Emma,

No. 63,296. @atwted Mar. 26 1867.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

AARON W. PRATT, OF PULTNEYVILLE, NEW YORK IMPROVEMENT IN FENCEfi.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent'No.63,296, dated March 2%,1867.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AARON W. PRATT, ofPnltneyville, Wayne county, New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in the Construction of Fences ,and I hereby declarethat the following isa full, true, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

Figure I in the annexed drawings, which nreniade a part of thisspecification, represents a side elevation of asection of my fence.

Theletter A designates the main posts of the fence. The wire 0, thatisdesigned to hold the paling in position, is firstdoubled and then passedthrough a hole in one of the posts A, and keyed on the outer side of thepost with an iron pm. A pale, b, is now placed at the proper distancefrom the post A, and a strand of wire made to pass over each of theopposite sides of the first pale. The strands care then bent so as tocross each in manner resembling the letter X. and when thus bent anotherpale is inserted. This operation is repeated until all the palesintended to complete one panel are embraced near the top by the twostrands of wire. Another wire is now inserted near the bottom of post Afor the purpose of confining the lower ends of the pales. Thelow'er ireis passed through the post A and bent to hold the pales in the mannerdescribed above. When the pales b are all in position the ends of bothstrands of wire 0 are passed through a hole in the opposite post A, andthen bent back so as to completely embrace the post A. The ends of thewire are now twisted around the strands so as to form a shoulder insideof post A. After the strands are thus secured, the cap D is dovetailedinto the top of posts A. This arrangement gives greater strength andstability to the fence, and at the same time adds much to its finishedappearance.

I am aware that a fencehas been constructed somewhat similar to mine,the pales being diamond-shaped in place of being flat at the inner andouter sides. But, in order to give that fence a uniform and handsomeappearance, the pales have to be manufactured by inachinery thus addinggreatly to its cost; whereas mine canbe made out of inch boards by anyone who knows how to use handsaw, and can mortise the posts in the sillE.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The sill E, the posts A, the cap D, the pales b, and the wire strands c,the whole arranged, constructed, and operating. substantially as hereindescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I hereby alfix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

AARON W. PRATT. Witnesses:

JACOB BEM, THoMAs Mosnnn.

